#BC5E65#BC5E65

#BC5E65 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.121 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5E65
RGB	rgb(188, 94, 101)
HSL	hsl(356, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 38.43, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 40.80, 19.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1159 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.121 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0925, 19.6392, 14.6733)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5E65 #5EBCB5

analogous

#BC5E94 #BC5E65 #BC865E

triadic

#BC5E65 #65BC5E #5E65BC

tetradic

#BC5E65 #94BC5E #5EBCB5 #865EBC

square

#BC5E65 #94BC5E #5EBCB5 #865EBC

split-complementary

#BC5E65 #5EBC86 #5E94BC

monochromatic

#712F34 #9C4148 #BC5E65 #CE898E #E0B4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BC5E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BC5E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC5E65

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC5E65	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726F65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 94, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.121 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e90',
    500: '#bc5e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5e65;
$custom-light: #d48e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.532,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59606,
    "c": 0.12102,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5E65

secondary

#A7CFCC

accent

#D1C857

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0F0

border

#D4CBCB

text

#150C0C

muted

#837D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5E65

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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